US Patent Issued to Lindsay on Oct. 20 for "Back-up control methods for networked controlled mechanized irrigation machine" (Nebraska, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,480, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Lindsay Corp. (Omaha, Neb.).

"Back-up control methods for networked controlled mechanized irrigation machine" was invented by Mark William Miller (Elkhorn, Neb.), Luke Joseph Barker (Omaha, Neb.), Steve J. Rubenthaler (Olathe, Kan.) and Bradford Ellison (Omaha, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for relaying signals of an irrigation system comprises a network broker, an end control node, and intermediate control nodes. The network broker is associated with a center of the irrigation system. The end control node is associated with an end mobile tower of the irrigation system. T...